To Whom it May Concern:

I am writing this letter to explain my late payments on my mortgage to XYZ mortgage company and to American Impressed in Jan 2000.

I am very distressed that this has ever happened to me, but I was <laid off>, <seriously injured>, <going through a death in family> . The circumstances drained my carefully put aside savings and I was forced to miss a payment because of it. My financial advisor told me not to tap into my 401K, and I was able to recover from this crisis and begin making on-time payments.

I have always prided myself in paying on time, and I have taken steps to put away more money in my savings account to guard against other unforeseen occurences like this.

Sincerely,

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